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Viking era

At the tip of Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula, lies the first known evidence of European presence in the Americas.

Here, a Norse expedition sailed from Greenland, building a small encampment of timber-and-sod buildings over 1000 years ago.

Some fascinating archaeological remains of the Viking encampment, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. (Source: Parks Canada)

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Uploaded on September 8, 2015
Taken on July 9, 2015